This award is in recognition of our work "algorithmic foundations of robust and private statistics and machine learning". You can read more about my personal perspective on some of this in my survey article that was just published in IEEE BITS Magazine 5/7
@thegautamkamath
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Waterloo CS Theorists Win Second Award in Two Years
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This is the second award given in two years to theorists from @UWCheritonCS
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Presburger Award Winners Inspire Next Generation Theorists
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Past winners of Presburger are basically a who's who of the most brilliant young theorists of the last 15 years, including many of my idols. I find this intimidating but it also inspires me to try to live up to the example they've set. 2/7
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Researcher Honored with 2026 Presburger Award
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I am honoured (and still a bit stunned) to receive the 2026 Presburger Award from @eatcs_secretary
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Is It Possible to Erase Digital Memory?
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https://
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IEEE Magazine Publication Paradox: Article From Future
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It's 2026. I received a copy of IEEE BITS magazine in the mail. It contains my robustness article that was accepted in 2025. The magazine date is September 2024, before I finished writing the article Separately, my toddler was excited to get a "book" in the mail ft. his dad
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ICLR 2026 Outstanding Papers Selection Procedure Announced
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More details on the recognized papers and the selection procedure here: https://
blog.iclr.cc/2026/04/23/ann
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ICLR 2026 Outstanding Paper Award Winners Announced
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Congratulations to the winners of the #ICLR2026 Outstanding Paper Award! It was an honour to chair the committee, the entire team did a great job. We recognized two outstanding papers and one honorable mention. Check out the blog post for more: https://
blog.iclr.cc/2026/04/23/ann
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ACM CEO Position Offers Competitive Salary Package
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Interested in being the CEO of ACM? "Salary Range: An anticipated salary commensurate with experience will be negotiated in the range of $500,000 – $675,000 with the potential for bonuses." How about now?
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Guggenheim Fellows Awarded in Computer Science and AI Research
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Congrats to all the winners of the @GuggFellows
! In computer science, this includes my friend and collaborator Ilias Diakonikolas (UWisc, Madison) and Vinod Vaikuntanathan (
@Vinod_MIT
, MIT)